Rémy Joseph Cabella (born 8 March 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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. He had two spells each at

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

and

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, winning the

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title with the former in 2011–12. He also represented Arles-Avignon,

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and

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in the top flight, making over 200 total appearances and scoring over 50 goals. He also played for

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in the

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and

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in the

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. Cabella earned four

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for

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in 2014, and was chosen for the year's World Cup.

Early life

Rémy Joseph Cabella was born on 8 March 1990 in

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...

, Corsica, to an Italian father and a Corsican mother. He started his youth career at local club

Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio (), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1910, Gazélec played one season in Ligue 1 in the 2015–16 seaso ...

before joining

's academy at the age of 14, winning the 2009

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with their under-19 team.

Club career

Montpellier

Cabella signed a three-year professional contract with Montpellier in July 2009. He injured the cruciate ligament in his right knee during training in September and was ruled out for the season. He was sent on loan to Arles-Avignon for the

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season, where he scored three goals in 17 league appearances. Cabella signed a two-year extension to his contract in January 2012, which would keep him at the club til 2016. In a 1–0 win over Brest on 4 February 2012, Cabella struck a volley from a cross that struck the back of his teammate Geoffrey Dernis and went into the opposition's net for a goal. Cabella was credited with the assist. On 11 February 2012, in a 3–0 victory over

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, Cabella scored with a right-footed shot across Ajaccio's goalkeeper after being put away by

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. On 20 May 2012, Montpellier won the league title for the first time in its history. In May 2014, Cabella announced his intention to leave the club in the summer.

Newcastle United

On 13 July 2014, Cabella signed for

club

on a six-year contract, for a reported £8 million transfer fee. He made his competitive debut on 17 August as Newcastle began the season with a 2–0 defeat at home to

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, playing the full 90 minutes. Cabella's only Newcastle goal came on 31 January 2015, opening a 3–0 win away at

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. He was subsequently awarded Player of the Month for January by Newcastle fans. During his time with Newcastle, Cabella made 34 appearances in all competitions, scoring just one goal.

Marseille

On 19 August 2015, Cabella returned to France, signing with

side

on a season-long loan as part of a deal that saw

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transfer to Newcastle. He made his club debut on four days later, starting in the 6–0 Ligue 1 home victory over

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. he scored his first goal for Marseille on 3 December in a 1–0 win over

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, and another goal three days later in a 2–2 draw with his former team Montpellier. Although Cabella's loan spell at Marseille had ended, he spent the pre-season with the French club, appearing in some friendly matches. On 11 August 2016, Newcastle announced that Cabella's loan switch to Marseille had become permanent ahead of the 2016–17 season. On 1 March 2017, he scored two goals to level the score twice (to 2–2 and 3–3) in a 4–3 extra-time home loss to

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in a

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round of 16 match.

Saint-Étienne

On 31 August 2017, Cabella joined

on a season-long loan. He made his debut ten days later, scoring in the first minute of a 1–1 home draw with

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. On 16 August 2018, Cabella joined Saint-Étienne permanently on a four-year contract. The following 5 May, he scored a goal and provided two assists in the 3–2 away win over

, reaching 50 Ligue 1 goals.

Krasnodar

2019–20 season

On 25 July 2019, Cabella joined Russian club

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for a fee of €12 million. He made his debut on 3 August in a 1–1 draw at FC Zenit St Peterburg, being substituted for

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after 58 minutes. On 21 August 2019, in the first leg Champions League qualifier against

, he suffered an ACL rupture. Cabella missed almost a year during recovery, making his return appearance for Krasnodar on 1 July 2020 in a match against

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. The

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season had been extended due to the

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2020–21 season

Cabella scored twice in Krasnodar's first league game of the season, a 3–0 victory at

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on 9 August 2020. In September, Cabella scored in each leg of Krasnodar's

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4–2 aggregate win against

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for qualification to the group stage of the

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. It was the first time ever that the club had qualified for the group stage of Europe's premier knock-out competition. Cabella missed the first group stage match of the competition away to

on 20 October as he was forced to self-isolate following a positive

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test. He scored his side's goal in their 1–1 draw away to group winners Chelsea in the final match of the group stage, having already been parachuted to the

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Round of 32.

2021–22 season

On 3 March 2022, following the

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, Krasnodar announced that Cabella's contract was suspended and he will not train with the team, but it was not terminated and remained valid. Six days later, it was terminated by mutual consent.

Return to France

On 6 April 2022, Cabella returned to

until the end of the season. On 10 July,

announced his arrival on a free transfer, on a one-year contract, with an option to extend for another year.

International career

France U21

Between 2010 and 2012, Cabella played seventeen times for the

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, scoring four goals.

Corsica

As well as the French national side, Cabella also qualified for the non-FIFA affiliated team of

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. He made his début for the team in 2011 against

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. He was again called up to the ''Squadra Corsa'' in 2016, while at Marseille, to face the Basque Country. He started the match, playing the full 90 minutes. On 2 June 2019, he equalised in a 1–1 draw away to neighbours

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France

Cabella was named on the stand-by list for

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squad. He made his international debut coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for

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in a 4–0 friendly match win over

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on 28 May 2014 at the

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. On 6 June, Cabella replaced the injured

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in France's 2014 World Cup squad. The team lost to

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in the quarter-finals on 4 July, and Cabella did not enter the field of play in all of their five matches in that tournament. After signing for Newcastle, Cabella picked up three more caps for France in September and October 2014, in friendly matches against

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, and

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Style of play

A profile of Cabella by Simon Osborn of ''

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'' in 2013 described him as a "fast, agile and creative midfielder who can play on the wing or behind a striker".

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Montpellier Youth *

: 2008–09 Montpellier *

: 2011–12

References

External links

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